Q:I have a AEG Airsoft gun and It does not have a fuse on it.What will a fuse do to it and what should I expect it to do to the Airsoft gun's performance?Does the motor size determine anything?

Thanks for the question, we're glad to help out. Everyone gave pretty good answers to this one. The fuse is there for protection of the motor and electrical components of the gun. If there is a problem it will burn out before any other electrical parts do. If your gun doesn't have one, you probably don't need to worry too much. Most manufacturer's will only install a fuse if they think that the end user will be upgrading the battery, motor, etc. Entry level AEG's usually don't have a fuse because most users keep the gun as is and will get an intermediate or higher end model when it's time to upgrade. Also, the motor size will determine how well the gun performs and the rate of fire. I hope this helps.

Q:I was wondering if anybody could tell me how to find a short circuit in my car because it is draining my battery. The car has all electrical components brand new such as the alternator, starter, battery, voltage regulator and relay. The car is not blowing any fuses but drains the battery overnight. Can anybody tell me how to test for a short circuit? Thanks to everybody that helps.

if I were in Your shoes I will go for the Voltage regulator ,it suppose to cut the battery out of the alternator circuit, upon engine stop. second choice check the crancking amp. draw by the starter on start flash back!!!! check if the hood is not touching the battery poles. (happens to me in 1966)

Q:I have no idea what this component is or where to get one. It's from a sleep comfort bed pump and I need a replacement part. Here's a picture of it and the pump label.

It's a 1.6 amp class T fuse. The other markings may be the original manufacturers part number, but I can't read them in your picture. Judging by the charred remains of the fuse plastered all over the board, you had a short circuit straight across the mains supply. Unless you find what caused the short and fix it properly, replacing the fuse on its own is a complete waste of time.

Q:I am going to run one wire off my battery terminal to an auxillary fuse block under my dash. The fuse block has 8 places for 30amp max fuses and the block is rated for 120amp total. The wire I will be running is about 8'-10' long. What is the formula used to figure what gauge wire I need?

You need to size the wire for the maximum current it could carry. If it is directly off the battery and going to a block that is fused for a total of 120 Amps, then you have to assume that the wire could be asked to carry 120 amps before a fuse would blow. According to your chart, that would be a 8 AWG wire (150A for 10 feet). First problem is that 8 * 30A 240A. If you did 8 branch circuits all fused at 30 with no fuse between the block and the battery, you could exceed the rating of the block! The safe way to do this is to add up all the loads you plan to put on this wire, right size the fuses to those loads and then size the wire for that total plus about 10%. You could also put a single fuse right at the battery that would be sightly larger than the total max load current.

Q:I have a 1998 Honda civic stock altenator I want do a 1200 watt amp it says 120 amps fuses and I want do 2 highs amp 1 300 watt and 1 400 watt will I be ok to hook this up

In the short term, probably. Long term - I'd be surprised if that alt lasts 6 mo. At anything over 1/2 volume that alt will basically be maxed out. Under that much stress the amount of heat produced will be extreme. Heat in alternators causes both the electrical components and the mechanical components to wear out quickly.

Q:I had been working for a garage door installation place. And have had to replace the main board in the operator A LOT of times because of lightning damage. But being old school I was curious about what common components get wrecked because of the lightning strike. Currently I have a powered speaker system, 2 speakers and a sub. and after a storm the sub no longer works but the two speakers work fine. I am somewhat electronically inclined and I'm curious what is the most common component is that gets blown up

Typically the power supply. Sometimes as simple as a blown fuse, other times it can wreck the transformer, bridge, regulation circuits and of course resistors etc. Check fuses first.

Q:i forgot to switch to 230v when plugging in my american desktop infrance, there was a pop, and now it wont start. did i completely breakit or is there a circuit breaker or something i can fix

Most likely the breaker fuse inside the power supply fried may have successfully prevented mainboard components from damage. In some units this is a user serviceable part. Unless you are an experienced micro electrician I would simply replace the power supply. They cost anywhere from 30 to 80 dollars. regards, Philip T

Q:I have a Honda cbr600 2009. The battery was running low so I went to recharge it but accidentally switched the poles. There was some smoke and a few sparks from the battery after about a minute. Once I realized what happened I took them off everything was hot. I let it cool off for a few hours then corrected the charge. surprisingly now its fully charged and I haven't noticed any fuses blown and under glow lights connected directly to the battery are working. Except nothing happens when I turn the key.

With luck, all you've blown is the main fuse.

Q:I have a HP Pavillion ZD8000 laptop that I paid $2000 for a few years ago. The video card just went bad on it and I'm being told that since it's fused to the motherboard, I need to purchase a new motherboard. I don't have alot of money to pour back into this laptop. Where can I find an affordable motherboard for this laptop? Where is the best place to have it installed?Thanks!

relies upon on the motherboard regrettably, in case you have an agp slot on your motherboard to truly plug in a clean pics card then that's rather possible which you would be able to disable the g/card interior the bios. working device isn't probable a controversy - on the very worst, you are able to might desire to initiate in secure mode and delete the old card.

Q:I own a 1999 Chevy Malibu with a v6 engine. I had a problem before where the car had trouble maintaing stability and dropped way below .5 on the RPM. I fixed the problem but that presented another problem. The Air conditioning and windows won't start at most times. I checked the heat gage and found that whenever it reached past halfway on the heat meter, the problem presented itself again. this led me to believe that it is an electrical problem. the thing is, if the cooling fans aren't working at the same time the A/C and/or the windows, then what is the source of the problem? my question is what is a(n) component(s) that is linked to the windows, A/C, and the cooling fans besides the battery? Please help! THX!

fuse box and relays and power source not battery but wires to the battery, switch's and or sensors, but they are odd things not work at the same time